Saturday October 20, 2007
Luxury car thieves staging accidents to steal cars
KUALA LUMPUR: A gang of thieves whose modus operandi is to fake an
accident before robbing victims of their luxury cars is on the
prowl.
Police have received five such reports in the last two months. The
cases involved mostly Honda CRVs and Toyota Camrys.
Brickfields CID chief Deputy Supt Jude Pereira said the three
suspects, aged between 28 and 34, would move around in a black KIA
Spectra or a white Proton Iswara.
He said the five cases occurred in Sri Hartamas, Jalan Klang Lama
and on the Federal Highway.
DSP Pereira said one of the suspects would stay in the vehicle
while the other two would approach the victim after he alighted
from his car to check the damage and ask for compensation.
One of the suspects is thin and tall. The other is quite heavily
built and on the aggressive side. They are dangerous criminals. The
heavily-built suspect has been known to flash a parang, he said
yesterday.
DSP Pereira said that in the latest incident on Wednesday, a lawyer
was robbed of his Camry.
In the 8.40pm incident, the 29-year-old lawyer was also punched in
the face when he tried to hold on to one of the doors of his
car.
DSP Pereira advised the public not to stop if they were involved in
such accidents but to instead drive to the nearest police
station.
Anyone involved in a similar accident can contact the Brickfields
police at 03-22742222 or Rakan Cop hotline at 03-21159999 or SMS to
32728.
source from
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/10/20/nation/19227740&sec=nation
